To the chief Musician
upon Aijeleth
Shahar,
A Psalm
of David.
My God,
my God,
why hast thou forsaken
me? why art thou so far
from helping
me, and from the words
of my roaring?
O my God,
I cry
in the daytime,
but thou hearest
not; and in the night season,
and am not silent.
But thou art holy,
O thou that inhabitest
the praises
of Israel.
Our fathers
trusted
in thee: they trusted,
and thou didst deliver
them.
They cried
unto thee, and were delivered:
they trusted
in thee, and were not confounded.
But I am a worm,
and no man;
a reproach
of men,
and despised
of the people.
All they that see
me laugh me to scorn:
they shoot out
the lip,
they shake
the head,
saying,
He trusted
on the LORD
that he would deliver
him: let him deliver
him, seeing he delighted
in him.
But thou art he that took
me out of the womb:
thou didst make me hope
when I was upon my mother's
breasts.
I was cast
upon thee from the womb:
thou art my God
from my mother's
belly.
Be not far
from me; for trouble
is near;
for there is none to help.
Many
bulls
have compassed
me: strong
bulls of Bashan
have beset me round.
They gaped
upon me with their mouths,
as a ravening
and a roaring
lion.
I am poured out
like water,
and all my bones
are out of joint:
my heart
is like wax;
it is melted
in the midst
of my bowels.
My strength
is dried up
like a potsherd;
and my tongue
cleaveth
to my jaws;
and thou hast brought
me into the dust
of death.
bees-wax
κηρὸς
kēros
For dogs
have compassed
me: the assembly
of the wicked
have inclosed
me: they pierced
my hands
and my feet.
I may tell
all my bones:
they look
and stare
upon me.
They part
my garments
among them, and cast
lots
upon my vesture.
But be not thou far
from me, O LORD:
O my strength,
haste
thee to help
me.
Deliver
my soul
from the sword;
my darling
from the power
of the dog.
Save
me from the lion's
mouth:
for thou hast heard
me from the horns
of the unicorns.
I will declare
thy name
unto my brethren:
in the midst
of the congregation
will I praise
thee.
Ye that fear
the LORD,
praise
him; all ye the seed
of Jacob,
glorify
him; and fear
him, all ye the seed
of Israel.
For he hath not despised
nor abhorred
the affliction
of the afflicted;
neither hath he hid
his face
from him; but when he cried
unto him, he heard.
My praise
shall be of thee in the great
congregation:
I will pay
my vows
before them that fear
him.
The meek
shall eat
and be satisfied:
they shall praise
the LORD
that seek
him: your heart
shall live
for ever.
All the ends
of the world
shall remember
and turn
unto the LORD:
and all the kindreds
of the nations
shall worship
before
thee.
For the kingdom
is the LORD'S:
and he is the governor
among the nations.
All they that be fat
upon earth
shall eat
and worship:
all they that go down
to the dust
shall bow
before
him: and none can keep alive
his own soul.
A seed
shall serve
him; it shall be accounted
to the Lord
for a generation.
They shall come,
and shall declare
his righteousness
unto a people
that shall be born,
that he hath done
this.
